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The Keep
They were all drawn to the keep. Tonight, they will all face the evil.
( Fantasy / Horror )


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US Runtime: 96 min

Country of Origin: United Kingdom / United States of America

Premiere Date:
Dec 16, 1983   [USA]
 
Director: Michael Mann   [Director]
 
Writer: Michael Mann   [Screenplay]
 
Producers: Richard Brams   [Associate Producer]
Colin M. Brewer   [Executive Producer]
Theresa Curtin   [Associate Producer]
Gene Kirkwood   [Producer]
Hawk Koch   [Producer]
Gavin MacFadyen   [Associate Producer]
 
Cinematography: Alex Thomson   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Dov Hoenig   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Christopher Franke   [Original Music Composer]
Edgar Froese   [Original Music Composer]
Johannes Schmölling   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: John Box   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Anthony Mendleson   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Noel Davis   [Casting]
Nancy Klopper   [Casting]
Bonnie Timmermann   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Associated Capital
Capital Equipment Leasing
Gene Kirkwood Productions
Howard W. Koch Productions   (US)
Paramount Pictures   (US)
 


Plot Summary:

    Nazis are forced to turn to a Jewish historian for help in battling the ancient demon they have inadvertently freed from its prison.

Cast:

Scott Glenn
Glaeken Trismegestus
Alberta Watson
Eva Cuza
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Klaus Woermann
Robert Prosky
Father Mihail Fonescu
Gabriel Byrne
Major Kaempffer
Ian McKellen
Dr. Theodore Cuza
William Morgan Sheppard
Alexandru
Royston Tickner
Tomescu
Michael Carter
Radu Molasar
John Vine
Lutz
Wolf Kahler
S.S. Adjutant
Jona Jones
Otto
Rosalie Crutchley
Josefa
Frederick Warder
Border Guard 1
 
Bruce Payne
Border Guard 2
David Cardy
Alexandru's Son
John Eastham
Alexandru's Second Son
Philip Bloomfield
Josefa's Son
Yashaw Adem
Carlos
Stephen Whittaker
S.S. Kommando
Ian Ruskin
S.S. Kommando
Stephen Jenn
S.S. Kommando
Benedick Blythe
S.S. Kommando
Robin Langford
S.S. Kommando
Renny Krupinski
Wehrmacht Soldier
Peter Guinness
Wehrmacht Soldier
Sean Baker
Wehrmacht Soldier
Timothy Block
Wehrmacht Soldier
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Owain Griffiths
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
Ralph G. Morse
Wehrmacht Soldier (uncredited)
 
Doug Robinson
Guard (uncredited)
Peter Ross-Murray
Nazi Soldier (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:


Andy Bradford
Stunts
Jim Dowdall
Stunts
Tracey Eddon
Stunts
Nick Hobbs
Stunts
 
Alf Joint
Stunt Coordinator
Doug Robinson
Stunts
Paddy Ryan
Stunts
 

Sound Crew:


Campbell Askew
Sound Effects Editor
Robin Gregory
Sound Mixer
Peter Horrocks
Dialogue Editor
Stephen Janisz
Assistant Sound Editor
Peter Pennell
Sound Editor
Terry Sharratt
Boom Operator
 
Stephen Spencer
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeremy Strachan
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Graham Sutton
Assistant Sound Editor
William Trent
Sound Editor
Doug Turner
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Nick Allder
Special Effects Supervisor
Robin Browne
Visual Effects Supervisor
Alan Bryce
Special Effects Technician
 
Nick Maley
Creature Design
John McGoldrick
Special Effects Technician
Wally Veevers
Visual Effects Supervisor
 
 

Art Department:


George Ball
Property Master
George Dean
Painter
Michael Seirton
Set Decoration
 
Alan Tomkins
Art Direction
Leslie Tomkins
Art Direction
Herbert Westbrook
Art Direction
 
 

Directing Crew:


Ray Corbett
Assistant Director
Paul Madigan
Assistant Director
Callum McDougall
Third Assistant Director
 
Kieron Phipps
Second Assistant Director
Roger Simons
Assistant Director
Vic Smith
Second Assistant Director
 
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


John Golding
Camera Operator
Arthur Lavis
Second Unit Director of Photography
 
Shaun O'Dell
Camera Operator
 

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